01 | January | 2018 | This Year's Bible Reading Guide

The wise man built his house upon the Rock,…And the rains came tumbling down….The rains came down and the floods came up,…But the house on the Rock stood firm….”

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I remember singing this song in Sunday School. At first, I thought it meant, “Don’t build your house on the beach!”

Today, I read the verses in my new Bible – The Message Version. It opened up my eyes.

Luke 7:48, 49, “If you work the words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who dug deep and laid the foundation of his house on bedrock. When the river burst its banks and crashed against the house, nothing could shake it; it was built to last. But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a dumb carpenter who built a house but skipped the foundation. When the swollen river came crashing in, it collapsed like a house of cards. It was total loss.” The Message

The foolish man built his house without a foundation!
I can’t just repeat the words of Christ in Bible studies, my life must reflect them.
I have to dig deep and cannot skip a step.
The floods will come – not every year but I need to build my life to withstand them.
Most importantly, I have to build my house on the Rock – Jesus Christ!

1	Ps.117	48	Ps.130	95	Ps.42	142	Ps.39
2	Ps.131	49	Ps.138	96	Ps.46	143	Ps.41
3	Ps.133	50	Rev.15	97	Ps.57	144	Ps.56
4	Ps.134	51	Isa.39	98	Ps.58	145	Ps.65
5	Esth.10	52	Ezek.15	99	Ps.63	146	Ps.79
6	Ps.123	53	Lev.12	100	Ps.95	147	Ps.85
7	Ps.15	54	1Chr.20	101	Song.3	148	Ps.96
8	Ps.43	55	Ps.8	102	Rev.4	149	Ps.108
9	Ps.70	56	Ps.20	103	Rev.10	150	Ps.140
10	Ps.93	57	Ps.28	104	1Sam.29	151	Song.6
11	Ps.100	58	Ps.47	105	2Chr.19	152	Song.7
12	Ps.125	59	Ps.52	106	Ezra.1	153	1Cor.5
13	Ps.127	60	Ps.98	107	Neh.1	154	1Cor.8
14	Jer.45	61	Ps.99	108	Isa.50	155	1Cor.13
15	Hos.3	62	Ps.113	109	Isa.61	156	1Thess.3
16	Ps.1	63	Ps.122	110	Ezek.9	157	Heb.8
17	Ps.13	64	Ps.137	111	Hos.1	158	2John.1
18	Ps.23	65	Ps.149	112	Hos.6	159	Rev.8
19	Ps.53	66	Isa.15	113	Jonah.4	160	Num.17
20	Ps.126	67	Isa.31	114	Zech.5	161	Num.36
21	Ps.128	68	Hos.14	115	Ps.2	162	Judg.17
22	Ps.150	69	Zech.13	116	Ps.5	163	1Sam.31
23	Job.25	70	Josh.20	117	Ps.26	164	2Sam.9
24	Isa.4	71	2Chr.27	118	Ps.30	165	Ezra.3
25	Isa.12	72	Ps.6	119	Ps.36	166	Job.2
26	Isa.20	73	Ps.24	120	Ps.60	167	Isa.6
27	Mal.4	74	Ps.64	121	Ps.62	168	Isa.27
28	Ps.11	75	Ps.75	122	Ps.76	169	Isa.46
29	Ps.14	76	Ps.111	123	Ps.84	170	Isa.55
30	Ps.54	77	Ps.112	124	Ps.97	171	Jer.43
31	Ps.67	78	Ps.141	125	Ps.143	172	Dan.12
32	Ps.87	79	Ps.146	126	Eccl.6	173	Amos.4
33	Ps.110	80	Eccl.11	127	2Thess.1	174	Mic.2
34	Ps.120	81	1Thess.1	128	Deut.34	175	Mic.4
35	Ps.142	82	1John.1	129	1Sam.5	176	Nah.2
36	Isa.18	83	Exod.11	130	1Sam.27	177	Zech.2
37	Jer.47	84	Josh.16	131	2Sam.4	178	Ps.19
38	Ps.3	85	Esth.7	132	2Chr.22	179	Ps.27
39	Ps.4	86	Isa.35	133	Isa.25	180	Ps.48
40	Ps.12	87	Jer.24	134	Isa.53	181	Ps.148
41	Ps.61	88	Ezek.2	135	Isa.56	182	Eccl.12
42	Ps.82	89	Jonah.2	136	Isa.62	183	Song.8
43	Ps.101	90	Jonah.3	137	Isa.64	184	Rom.13
44	Ps.114	91	Zech.3	138	Hos.11	185	2Cor.13
45	Ps.121	92	Ps.16	139	Mic.3	186	Heb.1
46	Ps.124	93	Ps.29	140	Zech.10	187	Heb.5
47	Ps.129	94	Ps.32	141	Ps.21	188	1Pet.5